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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §32.0.43.pr

Valuation Criteria for Dowry Bequeathed by Tutors' Arbitrament

Passage 4867 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Tubero's opinion that a dowry left by the decision of tutors should be treated as if left by the decision of a good man, and Labeo's explanation on how to estimate its amount.

[CELSUS libro quinto decimo digestorum. ] §32.0.43.prSi filiae pater dotem arbitratu tutorum dari iussisset, Tubero perinde hoc habendum ait ac si uiri boni arbitratu legatum sit.
[CELSUS, from the fifteenth book of the Digests.] If a father had ordered a dowry to be given to his daughter by the decision of her tutors, Tubero says that this is to be held just as if it had been bequeathed by the decision of a good man.
Labeo quaerit, quemadmodum apparet, quantam dotem cuiusque filiae boni uiri arbitratu constitui oportet: ait id non esse difficile ex dignitate, ex facultatibus, ex numero liberorum testamentum facientis aestimare.
Labeo asks how it becomes apparent how much dowry ought to be established for each daughter by the decision of a good man; he says that it is not difficult to estimate this from the social standing, the means, and the number of children of the person making the testament.

Notes

  1. 32.0.43.prarbitratu — A ablative singular of the noun arbitratus (decision, judgment), expressing means or accordance (by the decision of, in accordance with the judgment of).
  2. 32.0.43.prperinde hoc habendum ait ac si ... legatum sit — The phrase perinde ... ac si expresses a hypothetical comparison, meaning 'just as if'. habendum (esse) is the predicate of the accusative-with-infinitive construction, using the gerundive of obligation/necessity ('to be held/treated'). legatum sit is in the subjunctive perfect (or present) within the ac si clause.
  3. 32.0.43.prtestamentum facientis — The genitive singular masculine of the present participle faciens, used substantively to mean 'the person making the testament' (the testator), modifying dignitate, facultatibus, and numero.

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